Date and time: Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Place: Duration: Regulations: Participants: Objective: Seeding: Lausanne, Switzerland approx. 40 minutes for technical part Art. 12-13 of the competition regulations 55 teams, divided into the four leagues A, B, C and D The draw will decide on the group composition within each league (see Art. 13.02 of the competition regulations) The teams in each league are seeded based on the UEFA national team competitions rankings (see Annex D.1.2 of the competition regulations) League allocation All 55 UEFA member associations participate in the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 and are divided into the four leagues on the basis of the UEFA national team competition rankings issued on 11 October 2017 (see Art. 13.01 of the competition regulations): League A League B League C League D 1 Germany 13 Austria 25 Hungary 40 Azerbaijan 2 Portugal 14 Wales 26 Romania 41 FYR Macedonia 3 Belgium 15 Russia 27 Scotland 42 Belarus 4 Spain 16 Slovakia 28 Slovenia 43 Georgia 5 France 17 Sweden 29 Greece 44 Armenia 6 England 18 Ukraine 30 Serbia 45 Latvia 7 Switzerland 19 Rep. of Ireland 31 Albania 46 Faroe Islands 8 Italy 20 Bosnia-Herzeg. 32 Norway 47 Luxembourg 9 Poland 21 Northern Ireland 33 Montenegro 48 Kazakhstan 10 Iceland 22 Denmark 34 Israel 49 Moldova 11 Croatia 23 Czech Republic 35 Bulgaria 50 Liechtenstein 12 Netherlands 24 Turkey 36 Finland 51 Malta 37 Cyprus 52 Andorra 38 Estonia 53 Kosovo 39 Lithuania 54 San Marino 55 Gibraltar
The UEFA national team coefficient rankings of 11 October 2017 are compiled based on the teams results in the following competitions (see Annex D.1.2 of the competition regulations): 2014 FIFA World Cup (qualifying competition and final tournament); UEFA European Football Championship 2014-16 (qualifying competition and final tournament), and 2018 FIFA World Cup (qualifying competition, without play-offs) Pot allocation Nations League A The 12 teams allocated to League A are divided into three draw pots as follows: Pot 1 will contain the four best-ranked teams, i.e. the teams ranked 1 st to 4 th ; Pot 2 will contain the four teams ranked 5 th to 8 th ; Pot 3 will contain the four teams ranked 9 th to 12 th. # Pot 1 # Pot 2 # Pot 3 1 Germany 5 France 9 Poland 2 Portugal 6 England 10 Iceland 3 Belgium 7 Switzerland 11 Croatia 4 Spain 8 Italy 12 Netherlands Nations League B The 12 teams allocated to League B are divided into three draw pots as follows: Pot 1 will contain the four teams ranked 13 th to 16 th ; Pot 2 will contain the four teams ranked 17 th to 20 th ; Pot 3 will contain the four teams ranked 21 th to 24 th. # Pot 1 # Pot 2 # Pot 3 13 Austria 17 Sweden 21 N. Ireland 14 Wales 18 Ukraine 22 Denmark 15 Russia 19 Rep. of Ireland 23 Czech Republic 16 Slovakia 20 Bosnia-Herzeg. 24 Turkey
Nations League C The 15 teams allocated to League C are divided into four draw pots as follows: Pot 1 will contain the four teams ranked 25 th to 28 th ; Pot 2 will contain the four teams ranked 29 th to 32 th ; Pot 3 will contain the four teams ranked 33 th to 36 th ; Pot 4 will contain the three teams ranked 37 th to 39 th. # Pot 1 # Pot 2 # Pot 3 # Pot 4 25 Hungary 29 Greece 33 Montenegro 37 Cyprus 26 Romania 30 Serbia 34 Israel 38 Estonia 27 Scotland 31 Albania 35 Bulgaria 39 Lithuania 28 Slovenia 32 Norway 36 Finland The 16 teams allocated to League D are divided into four draw pots as follows: Pot 1 will contain the four teams ranked 40 th to 43 th ; Pot 2 will contain the four teams ranked 44 th to 47 th ; Pot 3 will contain the four teams ranked 48 th to 51 th ; Pot 4 will contain the four teams ranked 52 th to 55 th. # Pot 1 # Pot 2 # Pot 3 # Pot 4 40 Azerbaijan 44 Armenia 48 Kazakhstan 52 Andorra 41 FYR Macedonia 45 Latvia 49 Moldova 53 Kosovo 42 Belarus 46 Faroe Islands 50 Liechtenstein 54 San Marino 43 Georgia 47 Luxembourg 51 Malta 55 Gibraltar Draw conditions Draw conditions apply for prohibited team clashes, winter venue restrictions and excessive travel restrictions. When such a situation occurs or is anticipated to occur, the computer used to assist with the draw will indicate the next available group for the drawn team. It must be noted that the number of options available to a team depends not only on the team s own attributes (for example, winter venue ) and those of the teams already drawn, but also on the attributes of the other teams still to be drawn. This is due to the computer calculations needed to anticipate all possible scenarios and to prevent any deadlock situation.
Prohibited team clashes Based on the UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, the following teams cannot be drawn into the same group: Nations League B Ukraine / Russia Armenia / Azerbaijan Winter venue restrictions The following countries are taken into consideration as venues with high or medium risk of severe winter conditions: a group can include a maximum of two such winter venues. Nations League C High risk of severe winter conditions: Norway and Finland Medium risk of severe winter conditions: Estonia and Lithuania Excessive travel restrictions The following excessive travel distance relationships (applicable both ways) are taken into consideration: a group can include a maximum of one such pair. From/To To/From From/To To/From Andorra (Barcelona, ESP) Faroe Islands (Torshavn) Gibraltar (Faro, POR) Kazakhstan (Astana) Gibraltar (Faro, POR) Azerbaijan (Baku) Draw procedure The draw starts with League D and Pot 4 which contains four balls. The drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from D1 to D4: A first ball is drawn and the team assigned to group D1. A second ball is drawn and the team assigned to group D2; and so on until Pot 4 has been emptied and each group of League D contains one Pot 4 team. The draw continues with Pot 3. As a rule, the drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from D1 to D4, save in case of a draw condition applying. The same procedure is applied to Pot 2 and finally to Pot 1. When all pots have been emptied, each group of League D must contain four teams each, one from each pot:
Group D1 Group D2 Group D3 Group D4 Pot 4 team Pot 4 team Pot 4 team Pot 4 team Nations League C The draw for League C starts with Pot 4 which contains three balls. The drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from C2 to C4: A first ball is drawn and the team assigned to group C2. The second team drawn is assigned to group C3 and the third team to group C4. The draw continues with Pot 3. As a rule, the drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from C1 to C4, save in case of a draw condition applying. The same procedure is applied to Pot 2 and finally to Pot 1. When all pots have been emptied, the four groups of League C are composed as follows: Group C1 Group C2 Group C3 Group C4 Pot 4 team Pot 4 team Pot 4 team Nations League B The draw for League B starts with Pot 3 which contains four balls. The drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from B1 to B4. The draw continues with Pot 2 and then Pot 1. As a rule, the drawn teams are assigned to the groups in ascending order from B1 to B4, save in case of a draw condition applying. When all pots have been emptied, the four groups of League B are composed as follows: Group B1 Group B2 Group B3 Group B4
Nations League A The draw for League A follows the same procedure as for League B. When all pots have been emptied, the four groups of League A are composed as follows: Group A1 Group A2 Group A3 Group A4